Other same-sex weddings have been held in churches in Glasgow and Moray since.

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Alistair Dinnie (left) and Peter Matthews were married in the UK's first same-sex Anglican church wedding

The Scottish Episcopal Church expected to be sanctioned by the Anglican Communion.

SEC members voted to remove the doctrinal clause which stated that marriage is a "union of one man and one woman", replacing it with a clause which asserts that clergy who do not wish to preside over same-sex weddings will not be compelled to do so "against their conscience".

The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion had previously said the SEC's decision puts it "at odds with the majority stance that marriage is the lifelong union of a man and a woman".

Responding to news of the sanctions, the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Rt Rev Mark Strange, said: "We will continue to play our part in the Anglican Communion we helped to establish, and I will do all I can to rebuild relationships, but that will be done from the position our Church has now reached in accordance with its synodical processes and in the belief that love means love."